USS San Jacinto, with destroyer escort, January 1944
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | San Jacinto |
Namesake | Battle of San Jacinto |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation |
Laid down | 26 October 1942 |
Launched | 26 September 1943 |
Commissioned | 15 November 1943 |
Decommissioned | 1 March 1947 |
Stricken | 1 June 1970 |
Identification | Hull number: CVL-30 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Independence-class aircraft carrier |
Displacement | 11,000 |
Length | 622.5 ft (189.7 m) |
Beam |
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Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
Speed | 31.6 knots (58.5 km/h; 36.4 mph) |
Complement | 1,549 officers and men |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 45 aircraft |
USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) of the United States Navy was an Independence-class light aircraft carrier that served during World War II. She was named for the Battle of San Jacinto during the Texas Revolution. Future U.S. President George H. W. Bush served aboard the ship during World War II.